Camera for vehicle

A camera for mounting on a vehicle windshield, comprising:

• a housing with an upper housing wall, wherein the housing is mountable to the vehicle windshield such that the upper housing wall is generally parallel to the vehicle windshield;
• wherein the housing is formed of a thermally conductive metallic material that provides electro-magnetic compatibily protection and electrostatic discharge protection;
• a lens member;
• an imaging element disposed in the housing and positioned to receive video input from the lens member;
• wherein, when the camera is mounted at the windshield of the vehicle, the imaging element is generally vertically oriented;
• an image processor disposed on an image processing board disposed in the housing wherein the image processor is operable to generate image output data that relates to the video input received by the imaging element;
• and
• circuitry operable to communicate signals relating to the image output data to a vehicle component;
• wherein when the camera is mounted at the windshield of the vehicle, the image processing board is generally non-vertically oriented;
• and
• wherein the housing is configured to be at a selected angle relative to the lens member, wherein the image processing board is positioned behind the imaging element and is generally parallel to the housing.